1st Squadron, 33d Cavalry Regiment

Lineage AND HONORS 

Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as Company A, 3d Armored Regiment, an element of the 3d Armored Division.  Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana.  Redesignated 8 May 1941 as Company A, 33d Armored Regiment.  Inactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany

Redesignated 7 July 1947 as Company D, 33d Tank Battalion.  Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. 
Reorganized and redesignated 30 July 1948 as Company D, 33d Medium Tank Battalion.  Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1955 as Company D, 33d Tank Battalion. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 33d Armor, and remained assigned to the 3d Armored Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated using personnel and equipment from the 33d Tank Battalion).  Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 33d Armor.  Inactivated 16 February 1987 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Armored Division with all personnel and equipment being transferred to the 3d Battalion, 8th Cavalry.

Activated 16 April 1987 at Fort Lewis, Washington using personnel and equipment from the 2d Battalion, 77th Armor.  Assigned 15 August 1988 to the 9th Infantry Division.  Inactivated 28 September 1990 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division.  Assigned 16 February 1991 to the 199th Infantry Brigade and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington.  Relieved 16 July 1992 from assignment to the 199th Infantry Brigade.  Inactivated 14 January 1994 at Fort Polk, Louisiana.  Assigned 16 April 1995 to the 2d Infantry Division and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington using personnel and equipment from the 3d Battalion, 77th Armor.

Reorganized and redesignated 1st Squadron, 33d Cavalry Regiment.  Currently assigned to the 101st Airborne (Air Assault) Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II

   * Normandy

   * Northern France

   * Rhineland

   * Ardennes - Alsace

   * Central Europe

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HASTENRATH-SCHERPENSEL

* French Croix de Guerre with Silver-Gilt Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered MONS (33d Armored Regiment cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

* Belgian Fourragere 1940 (33d Armored Regiment cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

* Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action 3 -13 September 1944 in BELGIUM

* Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action 20 -25 December 1944 in the ARDENNES

* Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action 17 - 25 January 1945 in BELGIUM (1st a and 2d Battalions [ with Companies A, B, D, E and I ] and 1st Platoon, Reconnaissance Company, 33d Armored Regiment, cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

* Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action 3 - 13 September along the MEUSE RIVER (1st Battalion [ with Companies A, F, and I ] and 3d Platoon, Reconnaissance Company, 33d Armored Regiment, cited; DA GO 43, 1950)